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A Christmas Story, The Musical

Susannah Jones as Mother, Christopher Swan as The Old Man, Cal Alexander as Randy, and Colton Maurer as Ralphie.

Photo by Gary Emord Netzley.

Hello, Dolly!

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Miss Saigon original Broadway cast. Alistair Brammer as Chris and Eva Noblezada as Kim. Photo by Matthew Murphy.

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Hello, Dolly! Original Broadway Company of the Tony Award-winning Best Musical Revival.

Photograph Julieta Cervantes 2017.

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rom the songwriting team behind the smash hit Tony Award-winning musical Dear Evan Hansen and the Academy Award-winning film La La Land, A Christmas Story: The Musical, brings the classic 1983 movie to hilarious life on stage!

Set in 1940s Indiana, a young and bespectacled Ralphie Parker schemes his way toward the holiday gift of his dreams, an official Red Ryder® Carbine-Action 200-Shot Range Model Air Rifle. An infamous leg lamp, outrageous pink bunny pajamas, a maniacal department store Santa, and a triple-dog-dare to lick a freezing flagpole are just a few of the distractions that stand between Ralphie and his Christmas wish.

It was nominated for three 2013 Tony Awards including Best Musical.

You’d have to have a Grinch-sized heart not to feel a smile spreading across your face.”

—The New York Times

Colton Maurer as Ralphie and the company of A Christmas Story, The Musical. Photo by Gary Emord Netzley.

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JAN. 6-12, 2019 BELK THEATER

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ollowing the dazzling adaptation of The Red Shoes in 2017, New Adventures return with one of their most popular and beloved productions, Matthew Bourne’s Cinderella — a thrilling twist on the classic fairy tale.

Set in London during World War II, a chance meeting results in a magical night for Cinderella and her dashing RAF pilot, together just long enough to fall in love before being parted by the Blitz. Matthew Bourne’s vivid storytelling has never been more heart-stopping. With Lez Brotherston’s sumptuous Olivier Award-winning designs, A New Adventures lighting by Olivier Award-winning Neil Austin andProduction video and projection designs by Duncan McLean, Cinderella will be performed in surround sound, designed by Paul Groothuis.

‘A valentine to the power of love’

"A valentine to the power of love."

—LA Times

Andrew Monaghan as Harry, Ashley Shaw as Cinderella.

Photo by Hugo Glendinning

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xperience the acclaimed new production of the legendary musical Miss Saigon, from the creators of Les Misérables. In the last days of the Vietnam War, 17-year-old Kim is forced to work in a bar run by a notorious character known as the Engineer.

There she meets and falls in love with an American G.I. named Chris, but they are torn apart by the fall of Saigon. For three years, Kim goes on an epic journey of survival to find her way back to Chris, who has no idea he's fathered a son. This new production features stunning spectacle and a sensational cast of 42 performing the soaring score featuring Broadway hits including “The Heat is On in Saigon,” “The Movie in My Mind,” and “Last Night of the World.”

“The new Miss Saigon soars to the rafters!”

—NY1

A scene from Miss Saigon.

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WINNER OF SIX 2017 TONY® AWARDS INCLUDING BEST MUSICAL AND THE 2018 GRAMMY® AWARD FOR BEST MUSICAL THEATER ALBUM

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letter that was never meant to be seen, a lie that was never meant to be told, a life he never dreamed he could have. Evan Hansen is about to get the one thing he’s always wanted: a chance to finally fit in. Dear Evan Hansen is the deeply personal and profoundly contemporary musical about life and the way we live it.

Dear Evan Hansen features a book by Tony Award winner Steven Levenson, a score by Grammy®, Tony® and Academy Award® winners Benj Pasek and Justin Paul (La La Land, The Greatest Showman), and direction by four-time Tony Award nominee Michael Greif (Rent, Next to Normal).

"ONE OF THE MOST REMARKABLE SHOWS IN MUSICAL THEATER HISTORY." The Washington Post

"A GUT-PUNCHING, BREATHTAKING KNOCKOUT OF A MUSICAL." The New York Times

"AN INSPIRING ANTHEM RESONATING ON BROADWAY AND BEYOND." NBC News 8

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JULY 9-14, 2019 BELK THEATER

“A must-see event.

A musical comedy dream.”

—Rolling Stone

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ony Award®-winning Broadway legend Betty Buckley stars in HELLO, DOLLY! – the universally acclaimed smash that NPR calls “the best show of the year!”

Winner of four Tony Awards including Best Musical Revival, director Jerry Zaks’ “gorgeous” new production (Vogue) is “making people crazy happy!” (The Washington Post). Breaking box office records week after week and receiving thunderous raves on Broadway, this HELLO, DOLLY! pays tribute to the original work of legendary director/ choreographer Gower Champion – hailed both then and now as one of the greatest stagings in musical theater history. Rolling Stone calls it “a must-see event. A musical comedy dream. If you’re lucky enough to score a ticket, you’ll be seeing something historic. Wow, wow, wow, indeed!”

Hello, Dolly! Original Broadway Company of the Tony Award-winning Best Musical Revival. Photograph Julieta Cervantes 2017

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AUG. 6-25, 2019 KNIGHT THEATER

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he critically acclaimed new musical, The Band's Visit, celebrates the deeply human ways music, longing and laughter can connect us all. After a mix-up at the border, an Egyptian Police Band is sent to a remote village in the middle of the Israeli desert. With no bus until morning and no hotel in sight, these unlikely travelers are taken in by the locals, and their lives become intertwined in the most unexpected ways.

Based on the multi-award winning film, The Band's Visit is brought to the stage by three-time Tony® nominee David Yazbek (Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, The Full Monty), Drama Desk nominee Itamar Moses (Nobody Loves You, Fortress of Solitude) and acclaimed director David Cromer (Our Town, The House of Blue Leaves).

“Fall in love with one of the most ravishing musicals ever!”

—The New York Times

Original Broadway company of The Band’s Visit.

Photo by Matthew Murphy

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roadway’s hit crowd-pleaser takes you to the stoops of the Bronx in the 1960s – where a young man is caught between the father he loves and the mob boss he’d love to be.

Bursting with high-energy dance numbers and original doo-wop tunes from Alan Menken, the songwriter of Beauty and the Beast, A Bronx Tale is an unforgettable story of loyalty and family.

Academy Award® winner Robert De Niro and Tony® winner Jerry Zaks direct this streetwise musical – based on Academy Award nominee Chazz Palminteri’s story – that The New York Times hails as “A Critics’ Pick! The kind of tale that makes you laugh and cry.”

“Jersey Boys meets West Side Story.”

—amNewYork

The cast of A Bronx Tale.

Photo by Joan Marcus 2017

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iscover a whole new world at Disney’s Aladdin, the hit Broadway musical.

From the producer of The Lion King comes the timeless story of Aladdin, a thrilling new production filled with unforgettable beauty, magic, comedy and breathtaking spectacle. It’s an extraordinary theatrical event where one lamp and three wishes make the possibilities infinite.

See why audiences and critics agree, Aladdin is “Exactly What You Wish For!" (NBC-TV).

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Adam Jacobs as Aladdin and Anthony Murphy

as Genie.

T H E H I T B R O A D WAY M U Disney's S I Aladdin C ANorthLAmerican tour original cast. ©Disney. Photo by Deen van Meer.

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illiam Finn and James Lapine’s groundbreaking, Tony Awardwinning musical Falsettos returned to Broadway in an all new production from Lincoln Center Theater, and was nominated for Five 2017 Tony Awards, including Best Revival of a Musical.

Lapine returned to direct an extraordinary cast in a production that was seen on PBS stations nationwide.

“Joyously funny and ingenious” —The Hollywood Reporter

2017 Broadway Cast.

Photo by Joan Marcus

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BROADWAY ALL SEVEN HARRY POTTER BOOKS IN SEVENTY HILARIOUS MINUTES!

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ritten and created by two-time Olivier Award-nominated actors Daniel Clarkson and Jefferson Turner, Potted Potter: The Unauthorized Harry Experience – A Parody by Dan and Jeff is perfect for ages six to Dumbledore (who is very old indeed). Potted Potter takes on the ultimate challenge of NOV. 27-DEC. 2, 2018 condensing all seven McGLOHON THEATER Harry Potter books (and a real life game of Quidditch) into 70 hilarious minutes.

"Gloriously Goofy!"

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roadway’s Best Party is turning up the volume to ten! The Rock of Ages Tenth Anniversary Tour is blazing across North America!

Rock of Ages captures the iconic era that was the big bad 1980s Hollywood.

Featuring the music of hit bands such as Styx, Poison, Twisted Sister, and Whitesnake among many others, this Tenth Anniversary production features a dynamic new cast revisiting the larger than life characters and exhilarating story that turned Rock of Ages into a global phenomenon.

DEC. 27-31, 2018 BELK THEATER

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his "winning adaptation" (The Hollywood Reporter) of the best-selling Disney-Hyperion novel

by Rick Riordan, The Lightning Thief: The Percy Jackson Musical is "electrifying!" (Newsday). As a son of Poseidon, Percy has newly discovered powers he can't control, monsters on his trail, and is on an epic quest to find Zeus's lightning bolt to prevent a war between the gods.

"WORTHY OF THE GODS"

JAN. 15-20, 2019 KNIGHT THEATER

—Time Out New York

The cast of The Lightning Thief.

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ot off an international tour, the global dance sensation Tap Dogs hits the road on an international tour of jaw dropping new surprises. Experience the thrill of a revitalized genre of dance. Seventy-five action packed minutes of part theater, part dance, part rock concert and part construction site. An adrenaline pumped cast turns traditional tap dancing upsidedown and into the ultimate night out.

Photo by Ralf Brinkhoff

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he romance of rock ‘n’ roll comes alive on stage in Jim Steinman’s 'JawDropping Spectacle' (London Evening Standard) Bat Out of Hell The Musical.

The streets are heating up as Strat, the forever young leader of rebellious gang MAY 28-JUNE 9, 2019 BELK THEATER The Lost, falls in love with Raven, the beautiful daughter of the tyrannical ruler of post-apocalyptic Obsidian in a love story that has “changed the way musicals are staged forever” (North West End).

"Exhilarating" —The Independent

"High Octane"

Andrew Polec as Strat & the cast of Bat Out of Hell The Musical.

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—The Arts Shelf

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ediscover Cats — the beloved musical with breathtaking music — including one of the most treasured songs in musical theater, "Memory.” Featuring new sound design, direction and choreography for a new generation — experience Cats for the first time as it begins a new life, or let it thrill you all over again!

"Cats is Back and ‘Better Than Ever!'"

—THE HUFFINGTON POST

Tyler Hanes as Rum Tum Tugger in Cats on Broadway.

Photo by Matthew Murphy

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